A PROCLAMATION.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 222, 5 September 1862, Page 7

A PROCLAMATION.

; Britain:? into fore.- certain regulations touching the i j «irri:i^e «..f j;aiHc;ycrjj no;n \.j«- Zealand to other 1 | h:i^!s.-it }>oh.>^!ii!!s in Australasia. ! Jiy ii •• Kxet Jk-ney Sir Geor^ Grey, Knk'ht, Co:n j ia.-.r»Jcr of the >W Ilonorabfe Order of the j B till, <ioven">r ami Commander-in-Chief in and | over Ik-r Maje>iy'» Colony of New Zeahnd and j its Di-i^hdc-ncki, and Vice-Admiral of the same I tc, kc, &.c. I \\'k<-r>a&, by an Aei of the Imperial Parliament, S jar-t; i i!i the .Session hd d in the Twenty-fourth and i rwciity-lifth yturs «f Her proent Majesty's reii-'n, I ;iil!iu:va " An A :l to empower tl.e fiweraors of ti:e I i':v.-.al Australian Cuioulea to regulate the uuinter of J j da-.-cfi^jr-j to lie currk-1 in vessels plying letwec-n j j t'tjii.-j in those Oolongs,'* it is auiong.st other tLin-j? |vu i-te i that it hh.il! i>2 lawful for the Governor of I j i a -h of her Mujw-ty's Culouiw, already or h^rt-aiW to I | (>-.• i-tibliHuel in Australasia, by any Proclamation j Ut he liy him fr-jiu time to time issued for thts j,»rjwwt which I'lvchu^tuon shall take effect from the j i.v.ni.:j^ thereof, if no uay s>hali be named therein for I \h>: \,utitA<!,v> prescribe tuch rules as he hhaU think I i»ivi-,r j^r (k-t^Huiiiiiu' the number cf pas- ! :.',-a,'f:r> u> 1.0 carried in any i«S£euger trhip • »>h:-.-!i s-hall {.nx-c&l from any such Colon V | t-j ajjy other of 11-jr .Maj^Kty's po.istAsion:-: f..r the tiiae j !*bi^ i:i_ Au>;tr t b>i.i, and for tUt<_-riiiiii'iu on what j deek_or dvx'ks and .subject to -what nssfcrvatiens or j &.iudi!i tiia s••.vvm-!!-,,:ra may by carrie<i, and u.Uo to ■ {'le-ii-riii? sash i^-nallics fur the infnwtion or irjn- ; otxv.-.j vjiiic of bucU Ituk-s as to Midi Viovemor may | --.-jt!i i-rujarr; :u s I it is al*> euacted that from the 1 I timt v.ii.,a uay su.-'i proclamation hludl Uiku ttTect, ] i uii-l ft) l.jnir ;u the f.iiav ehail cyntiuue in fyr-.^, tlie » ; a:; i ..incLinvtnti contaiuwl in "'The Pas^;;jvr» i | A>;l, li>.".","'rtUtiuj; Vt the uuuiixj-of jios.sfa^-rs io i : i ',• in any i^^enger ship, aad t!te deck o i - .t^s :\-Li-iti?>r.i they are V> Im; carried, skill cua; s e to j at.piy t..i -ny vf.-,-,ti to which such, proclamation faliail : i«e ai>i,iici!»!e, Kive only ;« to the recovery un-l a|.plij caiiou oi any jwnalty fur any oui'tice c-jmnatte-l j ;;j.'ii;uat tUy said Act before such prudaaiatLu sliail j tjke tffoft. ; Now, t!:f reforo, T, Sir CJe-inre <rrey, the Governor > ftf New Ziaiand, in cxi.-r-.-iso of the jwvver vt-^Uxl iv j i:ie. by Use atK»vo n-cltesl Act, do havie this :nv pr»- ---; cl;»:a ilion, io tik<! uiS'eot from t!ie l'"»th dir of June, ! ou«; thuiuand «.'L-ut lusnilro-.l and sixty-Iwo, and Ida I j hf.'t.by jiT^v.-nU' the raitri i.«vii;aftt.-r set f..rth for ! Acuriulv.iitj, ih-> nuw'r-r cf jja^encens v,-ho !iiay l>c I <virnr i in u;iy K.vd.Ar --hip wliicii fchaH proec^-1 I from the Colony of Svw Zealand to any other "filer I Majesty's jHj-feH.:«i.:»n.-( fur the-tuns being in Austraj lasia, an i on what deck or decks and under what | rc.-er.aiiona or wndiiio.is jias.-xn<rers may S^» <airried, I an 1 the jn-nnltie> for the infi-uction or nou-obcienanee I <ii su-.h ruic-j t'uit in t<j bay :— A.- Sailing Vessbis. 1. No fchip prop■i!**l by sails only shall cirry a ! STC.-itLT ntiir.h,:r pf j^n-ons (including every iudij vLiuat C4i l»-.:ird) lhau in the proportlon'of one"statute } I'Auli io every two tons of her registered tonnage. ! 2. No ship shall carry under ihe poop or i ■ ".-■: { round-hous? or tleck-hause or on the umxc pas-scu^r- \ deck a greater iuiml»er of KtSfcenjjers than ia U,e pro- | p.;i;ioin.f one iUtut-e: adult to every twelve clear sui perliclal feet of deck altated to their use. 3. No .ship shall CArtyoa her lower passenger-deck I a^rciK-r litiiubor of passengers than in the propor- | \y.ii of uiie Matuttiaiuit to every iiileea clear super- | tidal iti-.-i ofd*1-;!: ai!.., c ,i to their use,provi<Jed, r.everi thelsrij, that if the height betweea such lower pa*sen- | tier-deck uad the deck immediately above it shall be less than y .-yen feet, or if the ap^Hyita (exclusive of Kale s«uttM through which light ;iiid air shall be admuted t«£eth<_r to the lower pas.s-jnger-deek, shall be kas iv t,n>i than in the proportion of three square frtt to every oao hundred superficial feet of the lower »»aii*eu{:er deck, uo greater number of passengers shall bo carried on such deck thau iv the proportion of one stutuu; adult to erery twenty-five clear superficial fevt thereof. 4. No *hip, whatever be her tonnajre or superficial space of p-Hseni.'tT-deeks, shall carry a greater ■number of pa-sengers on ihe whole than in tlie proportion of ouo statute adult to even- five superficial tlet cleai- ior exercise ou the upj>er*deck or poop (it secured, and fitted on tlja top with a railin^or guard, to the satisfaction of the Emigrant Otfieera tthe port j of clearance,) ou any round-house or deck-house 5. In the measurement of the passong^r-decks, poo]), round-house, or deck-house, the space for the hospital and that occupied by such portion of the personal luggage of the passengers as the Emigration Officer may permit to be carried there, shall be included. B.—Steamekb. The number of passengers who may be carried on board of auy vessel projwlled by steam power shall be ascertained and detenniued in .manner follomntr i vu:— o> ' 1. Measure in cubic feet the clear space rJloted to fore-cabin passengers between decks, and divide the cubic contents by ?-. 2. Count the number of sleeping berths exclusively provided for the aecoraodatioa of fore-cabin passengers, nnd adJ to it the number obtained as above. 3. The total .number thus obtained is the total number of lore-cabin passengers who may be carried. 4. Proceed in the same manner with the space allotcd to after-cabin passengers. The results ol the said computations shall determine the number of fore-cabin and after-cabin passengers respectively who may be carried on board of a vessel propelled by steam power, and all passengers on board thereof shall be included in one or other of the said denominations. PENALTIES, If there shall be ou board of any ship or vessel at or after the time of clearance a greater number either of persona or passengers (except by births at sea) than in the proportions respectively hereinbefore mentioned, the master of such ship or vessel shall be liable io a penalty not exceeding five pounds nor less than one ]K>und sterling lor each person or passenger constituting such excess. Given under ray hand, at Wellington, a,nd issued under the Seal of the Colony of New Zealand this sixteenth day of May, m the year of ouo Lord, one thousand eight hundred anil sixty-two O Grey By His Excellency's command, William Fox. 80S AYJS XHS QVSBN !